The Louis Esson Prize for Drama: Winner 2005

Judges report
The Spook by Melissa Reeves (Company B. Belvoir St.)

This is a brilliant script, subversive, comic, suspenseful, sad and a wonderful allegory for the paranoia of our times. It’s also a great history lesson and it resonates strongly with contemporary life in Australia. The play is a delight to read with incredible craft and artistry at work in the shaping of each scene. It manages to combine humour and darkness in just the right measure.